Track Listings:
Disc: 1
1 : Existential Celebration
2 : Warmth In The Coldest Acre
3 : Is It Right?
4 : Fanfare For 7.83 Hz
5 : A Beautiful Silence Prevails

Disc: 2
1 : The People
2 : Rhythm Research
3 : Pressure
4 : Est

It’s 2020, and everyone is exhausted. Things are falling apart, and then there’s the day-to-day stress of simply existing in the modern world. Screens are everywhere, we’re all tethered to our phones and social media; trying to keep up with it all seems just as impossible as unplugging altogether, especially when we’re all feeling that neverending push to always be productive—inspiration and motivation be damned. For NYC artist Photay (a.k.a. Evan Shornstein), none of this is particularly conducive to living a healthy existence, let alone being creative, but he’s decided to face it head on. Waking Hours, his second full-length (following 2017’s Onism), is a meditation on time and, more specifically, our obsessive need to fill every moment with activity. “It’s about getting back to a really simple notion of just celebrating your existence and not necessarily attaching this huge story of who you are and what you do,” he says. “It’s about finding comfort in just being.” Photay’s search for calm is at the very core of Waking Hours, and while he admits that making the album was therapeutic, it shouldn’t be mistaken for some sort of healing ambient excursion. The LP is largely electronic, but frequently verges on pop and extensively features Shornstein’s own vocals. The music is intimate and inviting, but it also suggests that Photay is perhaps at his best when he’s blurring genre boundaries. “I really truly love so many different types of music,” he says, “and for this album I opened things up and gave myself the freedom to go anywhere.”

Track Listings
Side: 1
1 : Struggle Cuddle
2 : Ride Away
Side: 2
3 : Dreamboat
4 : Taste of the Heavens

Joviale - Crisis EP - 12 Inch Vinyl Single

Track Listings
1 : Liv
2 : Digital
3 : Off and On
4 : Caught
5 : Life Support

Previously-unreleased studio album, completed over three days at Sarm West Studios. Recorded live from start to finish (with additional vocals and saxophone added at a later date) by Daniel Blumberg on Steinberger guitar, harmonica and vocals; Billy Steiger on violin; Kohhei Matsuda on monosynth and Tom Wheatley on double bass.

Track Listings
1 : You Can't Handcuff the Wind - Richard Thorncroft
2 : Journeyman - Richard Thorncroft
3 : Electric Nights - Richard Thorncroft

Step into the world of Richard Thorncroft with 'The Unadorned Truth' on vinyl. This album showcases the British singer-songwriter's raw talent and introspective lyrics, drawing inspiration from folk and indie rock genres. Featuring collaborations with renowned artists such as Laura Marling and Ben Howard, each track is carefully selected to evoke emotion and provoke thought. With haunting melodies and poignant storytelling, 'The Unadorned Truth' is a must-have for music lovers seeking authenticity and depth in their listening experience.

Track Listings
1 : Dumb It Down
2 : Groove Into
3 : Vanilla Gorilla
4 : Hey Worm
5 : Motorcycles
6 : Motor
7 : Push
8 : Dinosaurs
9 : Feeding a Giant
10 : Hey Zeus

"Dumb it Down" is the fifteenth solo LP by Eric Copeland of Black Dice, released in 2020 by Post Present Medium, who also released Eric's first solo LP in 2007. Nimble, persuasive, and brisk, these ten songs bounce along with a charm and directness that's entirely unprec- edented in Eric's 20+ year career. The evocative, carnival loops that have defined his solo work for the past decade are joined here by the organic warmth of a nylon string guitar and breezy vocals that make no attempt to hide the laughter behind the words. It's captivating, and Eric's sense of catching and holding attention has truly never been stronger than on this record-he's chatty and sly, direct yet never exposed. An interviewer once asked Eric what his lyrics were about. "You know," he replied, "like the blues." The unprecedented clarity of "Dumb It Down" proves it true. Rooted in everyday life, these songs dart between enthusiasm and resignation, a deeply relatable contradiction of spirit. While this tension could derail a lesser record, Eric uses it to his advantage, con- structing songs that feel casual and unrelenting in equal measure. It's the balance found in "Louie Louie" and "Sex Bomb" and really only two or three others. In the alternate reality where Flipper is the most revered band of the 20th century, Eric Copeland's "Dumb It Down" is the music buskers play in subway stations.

Track Listings
1 : I'll Be Back Soon - Milk Crimes
2 : Splitter - Trust Fund
3 : Nice Guy - Sissy
4 : Tied Down - Lower Slaughter

Put Ears on Yourself is the first in a new 7" single series curated by Art For Blind Records. Each 7" will feature 4 bands from Ireland and the UK and will be housed in a series of limited edition screen printed sleeves designed by emerging artists, designers and illustrators. The first volume features UK artists Trust Fund, Milk Crimes and Lower Slaughter along with Dublin based garage punk band Sissy. The records are housed in covers designed by Leigh Arthur, Charolotte Ager, Rebecca Bronya, Sinead Young and Edel Doherty and were handprinted in County Leitrim by Pulled. Trust Fund offer up the track Splitter. The track is a lo fi melodic soundtrack to long journeys and features record-mates Milk Crimes on backing vocals. I'll be Back Soon is Leeds based punks Milk Crimes first outing on vinyl after an exciting demo released on cassette by Chunk in early 2016. The song is a promising glimpse of their forthcoming debut album in late 2017. Dublin/London based Sissy contribute the track Nice Guy to the compilation which is a deliciously snarling piece of garage punk which takes aim at those fuccking nice guys and is the perfect follow up the bands recent self released 7". Rounding off the record is Lower Slaughter's Tied Down. The result is a sound which brilliantly shows the most of Sinead's very different vocal style and maintains the ingenuity and experimentation which make the band such a breath of fresh air.

Filmed before an awestruck audience in Dublin on November 22nd and 23rd, 2003, this is a great way to experience David Bowie's REALITY album in a live setting. Of course a number of older songs are dusted off and given thoroughly modern interpretations as well, with Bowie clearly delighted to have such a welter of fine material at his fingertips. In fact Bowie and his band had rehearsed 60 songs for the "Reality" tour, and drew liberally on them throughout the resulting shows. The 30 songs here comprise most of the audience favorites, and include classics such as "Be My Wife," "Under Pressure," "Life On Mars," "Heroes," and "Ziggy Stardust." But it's not just the oldies that the crowd came to see, and material from the REALITY and HEATHEN albums also receive a warm response. An electrifying, charismatic performer, Bowie's legend is well earned.